I'm delighted to have been invited to GDT at Unstampabelles
this month.

Here's a little bit about me.

I live in Edinburgh, Bonnie Scotland, with my husband &
two feline friends.

I am a dental nurse by day & love to craft of an
evening.

I've pretty much crafted all my life one way or another.
When I was small, I used to love those little paper dressing up dolls &
spent hours cutting out the different outfits & having fashion shows with
them. My mum also taught me how to knit & sew.

I've been making cards for about 10 years now. I saw the
lovely cards my mum was making & decided to have a bash myself, so got her
to show me a few tips & techniques.The first proper card I made was for my
Dad's 70th Birthday. From there, things just spiralled out of control & I
now have a house full of crafty bits & pieces.

I
am an ENT Surgeon from India and crafting especially papercrafts is something
which helps me big time to destress and keep me relaxed ! Unstampabelles is
very very special to me as several years back [Feb 2012 to be exact] when I
started crafting , a simple quilled
framework I made using recycled materials was picked as the DT favorite and
showcased on Susan's Unstampabelles...it gave me such a huge morale
boost! Thank you so much Susan for having me here once again

I will share a tutorial on my blog but I am going out of station and so will post on 16th once I am back

Thank you to all our Guests for their willingness to create especially for us!

23 November 2015

Some of our entrants are not aware of the one major rule for this challenge which is to

NOT USE STAMPS OF ANY KIND

in your work

Please do not enter your work if you have used a stamp as it is not pleasant to have to tell people that their lovely creation is not eligible. It makes some people a bit prickly and that makes me unhappy as well. Not as prickly as this little fella though!

Photo's taken by Greg Faull last week on Bruny Island

The Australian Echidna - very cute!

Now, there are a lot of entries in this months challenge: Anything Goes, with a TWIST of using Flowers!

It just goes to show that it can be done - creating a paper project with no stamps involved.

Don't get me wrong - I have a pile of stamps - but sometimes not using them is a better challenge than reaching for one straight away. It allows us to play with our paints and pastes and things as well, and to use stuff from the stash in different ways. I love it and I hope you do too.

Well, the good news is that there are five more days to go until Friday and the close of November's challenge - the winner (chosen by random number) will get this sent to them!

There is also a DT Favourite chosen - usually only one, but this month we have so many entries we may increase that number. The winner's of this do not get a prize beyond the recognition of the team and the honour and glory.

So, no more excuses!

If you still need some inspiration the team have a few things to show you!

16 November 2015

Hello Peeps - what a week we have had indeed. My thoughts and concerns are with our friends of all nations in Paris at at the moment - be brave France. W stand with you across the world.

The one Australian who was injured was a 19 yo girl from Tasmania

She will survive but is injured in body and spirit

Brings it very close to home for us

For those of us not in Europe, I hope your Christmas (and Thanksgiving) preparations are well in hand, and that life is full of only good stress at the moment! I know I am knee deep in Christmas cards and my work space looks terrible but it will all come good soon, fingers crossed!

We have some new inspiration to get you going for this Challenge this month